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Old 9th Dec 2020, 12:16
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Fl1ingfrog
 
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The question that must be asked is what are you recovering from and why. 30 years or so ago spinning was removed from the mandatory list of exercises in the PPL/Ab Initio syllabus. There were safety issues with some fatalities having resulted but also it was thought that the spin training did not address the core causes of why pilots were getting into a spin. 'Slow Flight' was introduced but without sufficient clarity or defined purpose. It was, some said, "teaching people to acceptably fly the aeroplane dangerously close to the stall". and the lesson fell in to contempt with those who were against the withdrawal of the full spin recovery training. Others simply struggled to inject a purpose.

The light aircraft that are being used for the UPRT course can be used to investigate the stall but from analysis the slow flight handling has little to do with the extreme 40 degree pitch up reported in many of the large aircraft accident reports. The South Atlantic Air France fatal from the reports would indicate that extensive stall awareness training may have saved the day. Human Factors, TEM and CRM were completely absent in the Air France incident. The causes though can be more often an auto pilot malfunction or the pilot having selected the incorrect mode for the aircraft condition. These scenarios cannot be replicated in relatively simple light aircraft.
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